Dominic Counahan has joined dentsu Solutions as Integrated Strategy and Innovation partner.
Counahan joins from Thinkerbell Melbourne where he was executive strategy director.
In his new role, he will be key to providing strategy and management consulting services, while drawing on dentsu’s integrated creative, media and customer experience capability.
Counahan’s rich strategic and creative background has seen him develop unique solutions across a range of industries.
At dentsu Solutions, Counahan will work directly with dentsu’s most senior clients solving their biggest brand business challenges, while also driving the agency’s wider product offer and innovation program.
Chris Bower, chief executive officer at dentsu Solutions, said: “Dom is an industry-leading strategic mind, and will help dentsu drive never before solutions for clients.
“Equally important, he is a terrific human with the ability to connect empathetically to deeply understand problems, then bring capabilities from across dentsu to solve them,” he added.
Counahan said of his new role: “I’m excited to join dentsu as it enters its next phase as Australia’s leading integrated agency offering. There’s no end to the capabilities here and I can’t wait to bring them together to create solutions that are good for business, good for people, and importantly, good for society.”
dentsu Solutions works with CEOs, CMOs and CHROs of some of Australia’s most iconic brands.
This comes after Bower recently joined dentsu Solutions as CEO in February, charged with leading its Solutions and Intelligence teams.
See also: Chris Bower appointed as CEO ANZ of Dentsu Solutions
Prior to Dentsu, he had been at Boston Consulting Group since 2014 where he served as a partner, associate director and member of their operations, retail and industrial goods practice areas.
At the time, Bower said of his appointment: “I think we are at a pivotal moment in the industry, where tremendous value can be unlocked by providing more integrated end-to-end solutions for clients and their customers. I am thrilled to be joining and look forward to collaborating with my Dentsu peers to build a market-leading offering.”
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Top image: Dominic Counahan